hair and makeup artist; beautician; hair-dresser
equilibrium; good balance; poise
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
Indian summer (around November); mild late autumn weather; mild late fall weather
roadway; road; carriageway
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
readiness; preparedness; attitude; kanji "vapor" radical
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
poor at preventing one's opponent from getting an underarm grip; having weak defenses; off one's guard; vulnerable (to attack)
the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)
Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
to lead (someone) by the nose; to twist (someone) around one's little finger
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
on the occasion of; at the time of
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
imitation; fake; counterfeit; sham
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
the other day; some days ago; recently; a day in the past
master; teacher; stable master
dash at the beginning of a short-distance race; charging ahead at full strength from the beginning
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
main; principal; chief; primary; major
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows); fascicle
to slip out (e.g. of a comment, remark, etc.); to utter unintentionally; to pour from one's lips (of words); to flow freely (of speech); to rush out of one's mouth
museum; reference library; archive; record office
digitization; digital transformation
stocktaking; inventory count; faultfinding
to be exposed to wind; to (go out to) get some air
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
good-looking; fair; beautiful
accident at sea; sea disaster; shipwreck
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word